Example sentences of "[conj] tell i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't hear the first words , then I heard : ‘ Bill phoned the depot and told me about the accident . ’ |
| 2 | She grimaced and told me about the school playground and how her clothes were wrong . |
| 3 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 4 | Tremayne came to collect me from the hospital afterwards and told me on the way to Shellerton that Mackie had got through the court ordeal bravely . |
| 5 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 6 | And told me of the fraternising between British and German troops on Christmas day in the trenches , and I could n't understand at first how you could shoot at someone all week , then make friends with them for one day , knowing you would try and kill each other again the next . |
| 7 | You come down here and tell me about the time you went to the Abacos . ’ |
| 8 | And tell me about the lady who did abortions , erm , did you know very much about what sort of people they were ? |
| 9 | We sat after lunch on Monday in his room ; or rather he sat chubbily at his desk , living up to his nickname , spooning Hymettus honey out of a jar and telling me of the flesh and fleshpots he had bought himself in Athens ; and I lay on his bed , only half listening . |
| 10 | She was once a Tory activist , but told me in the first week of the campaign she had lost faith . |